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howing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray.

Destitute of a patron.

That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.

Same as Patronymic.

One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

The office of a patroon. Irving.

aving its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross. [Written also paté, patee.]

See Patamar.

d, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud. The patten now supports each frugal dame. Gay.

Wearing pattens. "Some pattened girl." Jane Austen.

To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. Thomson.

One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler. [Cant, Eng.]

rchetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak.

h, the final skimmings being nearly pure lad. The processwas invented in 1833 by Hugh Lee Pattinson, an English metallurgist.

A little pie.

A pan for baking patties.

Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers. The eyes are large and patulous. Sir J. Hill.

A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [Colloq.]

Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." Motley. Dull and addle-pated. Dryden.